Experimental and theoretical studies of the modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio for vegetable and melon crops
Abstract
The article presents experimental - theoretical studies of the modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio, for the pulp of melon and other plant crops, characterizing the process of cutting with a blade. When using mechanical methods for processing melon fruits (removing the peel, cutting the fruit into slices, removing the testes and plasticizing dried melons), it is impossible to express the essence of the ongoing processes at the current level of theoretical knowledge. Therefore, in order to quantify the technological properties of melon, it is necessary to resort to experimental and theoretical methods that allow us to obtain some relative indices that allow us to measure the modulus of elasticity Е , Poisson's ratio , breaking stress р , and coefficients of friction of rest п f and motion д f .